Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-06-30
Blackfoot Boomers.
The Jail at That Town is De-
livered of all Gagged
Malefactors,
And Woman Was instrument
tai In Accomplishing the
Fell Deed.

ASA 1SCo.
EXCITEMENT AT BLACKFOOT.
A Sensational Jail Deiivery-A Woman in
The Case
A special to the Inter Mountain
dated Blackfoot, June 9th, says. last
night there occurred here one of the
most daring and succcessful jail deliv-
cries that is known In the history Of
the west, which has resulted in the
freeing Of one man under sentence Of
death for murder and two charged
with horse stealing. The escape oc.
Cured in this manner: A man named
Henry Nickerson WAS arrested about .
week ago and incarcerated in the
Blackfoot Jail for horse stealing. He
had not yet had an examination and
during the period Of his incarceration
his wife, lady about 35 years Of age,
was allowed to visit him. She has
been coming to the Jail frequently, and
won the confidence Of the guards to
such an extent that she was not close
ly examined. 1t turns out, however,
that she was an accomplice in the plot
to release the whole gang. Yesterday
evening shortly after 9 o'clock she
paid visit to her husband, carrying q
revolver concealed In her clothes. She
was admitted without question, and
when inside handed the weapon T.,
Nickerson. He promptly cooked it
and "held up" the guard by whom
Mrs. Nickerson had been accompani.
ed into the celk Together the couple
disarmed the guard and took his weap-
ons away from him, and locked him
up In Nickerson's cell. They then,
with the assistance Of other persons,
disarmed the remainder of the watch
men, locked them In the cells, and
escaped from the jail. Aleck Woods,
the negro barber at Pocatello, who
was convicted of wife murder short
time ago, was among the. number who
escaped. He had been sentenced to
be hung on the 22nd Of next month,
and will probably stretch hemp on
that date.
There had been parties In collusion
with the Jail breakers on the outside,
and horses were ready for them.
Woods is man Of gigantic frame, his
avoirdupois being something over two
hundred and fifty pounds. He was
afraid to trust his vast bulk TO the cay.
use which was In waiting. and 30 took
to the brush, intending to work his
way along the creek and into the foot
hills. Williams, the murderer, who
was also under sentence to be hung
July 22nd, was among the number.
He and Nickerson and another horse
thief took the horses that had been
provided for them and made good
their escape SO far as is at present
known. The sheriff was absent al
the time and did not retern for some
thing over an hour. ..When he did re
turn he unlocked the guards and or
ganized q posse at once.
The unwieldly bulk of Woods pre-
vented his rapid transit through thu
brush and he was recaptured soor
after the seasch began. This delayed
the searching party for about an hour
and the fugitives on horseback hat
about two good hours start Of the pur
suing party. Nothing has been heart
of them to-day, but the sheriff . part!
is better mounted and IL is likely tina
they will overhaul the criminals. !
10 feared that there will be some livel,
scrapping II they catch up with them
a. all three Of the escaping men ar
desperate, and WILLIAMS In particula
is rendered careless Of what he does b.
the fact that his life is already forfeit
cd. There has been some talk her
and at Pocatello to-day Of lynchinl
Woods, to make sure Of him, ,bu
everything Ia quiet now, and sucf
action is anticipated.